H55, the Swiss battery venture, is partnering with Vancouver, B.C.-based Harbour Air Seaplanes and Everett, Wash.-based magniX on their project to convert De Havilland Beaver commuter planes to all-electric power. They’ve been putting a prototype eBeaver through flight tests since December 2019. The team is working with Transport Canada on a supplemental type certificate program to clear converted all-electric planes for commercial operations. Harbour Air provides commuter air service along British Columbia’s coast and plans to transform all its seaplanes into an all-electric fleet eventually. MagniX is also developing propulsion systems for converted Cessna Caravans operated by Australia’s Sydney Seaplanes, for Eviation’s all-electric Alice airplane, for planes Universal Hydrogen will convert to run on fuel-cell power, and for Faradair’s future fleet of hybrid triplanes.
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